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Autoimmune thyroiditis and diabetes: dissecting the joint genetic susceptibility in a large cohort of multiplex families.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2009
Villano Maria Justina B, Huber Amanda K, Greenberg David A, Golden Brian K, Concepcion Erlinda, Tomer Yaron
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CONTEXT: Epidemiological data support a shared genetic susceptibility to autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and type 1 diabetes (T1D). Both diseases frequently occur within the same family and in the same individual. Patients developing both T1D and AITD are considered to have an autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3 variant (APS3v). OBJECTIVE: The goals of this study were to identify the joint susceptibility...
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